Joanna (Lyon) Mallett (abt. 1663 - 1764)

Born about 1663 in France

Wife of John Mallett — married 1695 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1764 at about age 101 in Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Biography

Joanna (Lyon) Mallett was a centenarian, living to age 101.

Joanna Lyon has a calculated birth year of 1663. ^[1]

Johanna came to America as a servant of John Mallet. When John's first wife died, John married her. ^[2]

She could not read or write, she was perhaps was a peasant woman. There is a story told of her, that she was strong enough to carry a wooden plow on her shoulder to John, who was on Toilsome Hill, some three or four miles north of their home.^[2]

The children of Johannah and John were:

1. David Mallet b 10 January 1704/5 Fairfield, Connecticut, bapt. Stratfeld, Conn. died Trumbull, Connecticut; m Esther ____. ^[3]
2. Lewis Mallet b 14 August 1708 Fairfield, Connecticut, bapt. Stratfeld, Conn. d 7 September 1790; m Eunice Newton^[3]
3. Johanna Mallet b 10 March 1710 Fairfield, Connecticut, bapt. 29 October 1710 Stratfeld, Connecticut; m Zachariah Angevine^[3]
4. Peter Mallet b 31 March 1712 Fairfield, Connecticut, bapt. Stratfeld, Conn. d 10 January 1760 Long Hill, Trumull, Connecticut of smallpox; m Mary Booth, daughter of Eben Booth and Mary Clark. ^[3]
5. John Mallet, Jr. b 16 October 1716 Fairfield, Connecticut, bapt. Stratfeld, Conn.; m Sarah French^[3]

Joanna Mallet, widow of John, died 16 September 1764 at the age of 101.^[1][4]

Joanna is buried in the Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut.^[1]

Johanna Mallet's Will

March 18, 1763 Fairfield Probate Records, Book 1754 to '64.^[5]

In ye name of God, Amen. I Johanna Mallet of Stratford in ye county of Fairfeld being far advanced in age and knowing yt ye time of my departuare draws near but thro ye goodness of God I am of sound mind and memory think it is best to make this my Last Will and Testament, and first I give my soul into ye hands of God who gave it and my body to Return to ye dust to a decent burial and as to what worldly goods and estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I freely dispose of ye same as followeth -

And first my Will is all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses being first paid and satisfied out of my estate.

Item - I freely give unto my Loveing son, John Mallet, ye whole of what shall be due and unpaid at ye Time of my death on one Certain Bond given to me by my Son Peter Mallet now dec'd said bond it for four hundred pounds old Tenor conditioned for Two hundred pounds old Tenor to be to him forever.

Item, all the rest of my estate of what nature or kindsoever I freely give unto my two Sons namely David Mallet and John Mallet in ye Proportion as followeth to say Two Third parts thereof to my sd son David and one third part thereof to my said son John Mallet they having done considerable for me toward taking care of me and providing for my support.

The rest of my Children haveing had already ye full of what I think they ought to have, therefore I do not give them anything more at this time, and I do hereby constitute and appoint my said Two Sons David and John Mallet to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament, in witness whereof I have set my hand & Seal this 18th day of March, A. D. 1753

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JOANNA x MALLET [Seal]

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Signed, Sealed, Published & declared by Johanna Mallet to be her last Will & Testament in the presence of Witnesses

TIMOTHY SHEEHEN SAMUEL ADAMS

At a Court of Probate held at Fairfield Octob 9th 1764 personally appeared John and David Mallet Esqurs to ye foregoing Will and exhibited ye same for Probation-ye same being proved by said Court approved and ordered to be Recorded at ye same time Sd Executors accpeted ye trust committed them by ye Testaor- Test-ANDR ROWLAND, Clerk, A true copy & Reg. ANDR ROWLAND, A.R. I^[6]

Her inventory was taken on 19 October 1764.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry. Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934' Ancestry Record 2900 #860378
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Mallett, Anna Smith, John Mallet, the Huguenot, and his descendants, 1694-1894 Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1895. page 4
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Compiled by Susan Woodfuff Abbott. Available through Ancestry. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut page 410
4. ↑ Family Search. Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934 Joanna Mallett, 1764.
5. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBJJ  : 7 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 286, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 535-536.
6. ↑ Mallett, Anna Smith, John Mallet, the Huguenot, and his descendants, 1694-1894 Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1895. page 32
7. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93Q-D : 14 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 26-27, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 29-31.

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• Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881) Page 804